Knife-board.



No. 648,605. Patented May |,I90o,

E. BROOM.

KNIFE BOARD.

' (Application filed Oct. 31, 1899.)

(No Modal'.)

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ELIZA BROOM, OF BRISTOL, ENGLAND.

KNIFE-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,605, dated May 1, 1900.

Application filed October 31, 1899.

T0 (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIZA BROOM, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of 6 Leicester Villas, St. Pauls road, Clifton, Bristol, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Knife-Boards, (for which I have made application for patent in Great Britain, dated October 2, 1899; in France, dated October 6, 1899; in Belgium, dated October 6,1899, and in Germany, dated October 6, 1899,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to knife-boards, and has for its object to provide a knife-cleaning board of simple construction, yet more convenient and efficient and requiring the exercise of less exertion in use than knife-boards as at present made.

According to myinvention I form the knifeboard of two boards one superposed upon the other, their working surfaces being contiguous and adapted to be pressed together and receive the knife-blade between them.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a knife-board made in accordance with my invention, and Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a modification.

In Fig. 1 the base-board a is provided with between them the upper board 0, which is free and removable. To prevent any sideway movement of the board 0 in use, the ends thereof are made of irregular or V- shaped form, as shown at d cl, and the fixed ends I) b are reversely formed, as at e e, to receive same. The working surfaces ff of the boards are contiguous, as shown, and in use the knifeblades are inserted between same and moved to and fro in the known manner, while pressure is applied to the free upper board 0 by hand or weights, or otherwise, resulting in an even and readily-variable pressure on the knife-blade without any straining or twisting thereof, as is the case with ordinary knife- Serial No. 735,396. (No model.)

boards recessed parts or flared openings g g may .be formed on one or both parts.

In some cases, as shown in Fig. 2, spring clips 2' 2' may be added and adapted to impart sufficient pressure to the free board 0 to effect the cleaning of the knives. These clips may 'be of any suitable form and are adapted to be turned on the pivot j when it is required to raise or remove the upper board 0 for insertion of emery-powder or other cleaning medium.

The working surfaces f f are of Brussels carpet or other suitable material secured to either board by glue or otherwise and, if re quired, clamped to the lower board between same and the end pieces Z) b, as shown at 70'.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The improved knife-board comprising the combination of a base Ct, end pieces b 17 and free removable board 0, the joint of the board 0 and end pieces I) I) being irregular or V-shaped as shown, substantially as set forth.

2. The improved knife-cleaning board comprising the combination of a base-board or, re movable upper board 0, the working surfaces between the boards, the raised end pieces I) Z) upon the base a with irregular or V- shaped joint between same and the board a and the spring-pressure clips 1' 1' all arranged substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELIZA BROOM.

Witnesses:

JOHN HUNT SYMEs, JOHN EDWIN CHEESE. 

